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GOOG-411 adds nearby intersections

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Users of GOOG-411 can now save even more time when trying to find a location as Google a new feature implemented. When asking for a details to a location, the service will also tell you which the nearest intersections are. In the announcement post the example of the Google office in NYC was provided.

You can try it now: call 1-800-466-4411, look up ‘Google in New York’, ask us for more ‘details’, and we’ll tell you that our Chelsea office is ‘near the intersection with West 16th Street’. Unless you’re a seasoned New Yorker, this might very well save you from walking up or down a few blocks.

Intersections are available for most towns and cities in the US and Canada.

Originally posted on May 29, 2009 @ 2:53 pm

Facebook to rule the world: World map of social networks released

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Vincenzo Cosenza released a World Map of Social Networks, detailing the dominance of social networks worldwide. Based on data available via Alexa and Google trends the map displays which social network is most present where in the world.

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Some interesting things can be learned from the analysis. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 8, 2009 @ 5:45 am

Facebook lifts ban on breasts. Not really.

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Facebook has a long standing policy on topless (female) photos and has no known plans to revise this policy. For the first time the social media network came back on a decision earlier made and reinstated a picture.

After Sharon Adams’ picture of her post-masectomy chest was moderated and removed as “sexual and abusive”, 900 people joined a protest group in support of Sharon Adams and breast cancer awareness. Facebook duly reinstated the picture and even offered Sharon Adams an apology:

Our user operations team reviews thousands of reported photos a day and may occasionally remove something-that doesn’t actually violate our policies. This is what happened here. We apologise.

Should Facebook generally allow its users to post the pictures they want, but request self-moderation first like Flickr does or should Facebook continue it’s general ban on breasts?

More at The Daily Mail.

Originally posted on May 30, 2009 @ 9:19 am

LG launches best webapp ever. Especially for old people like me.

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With the launch of DTXTR hardware and phone manufacturer LG comes to the aid of many people, especially ‘old’ people like me.
Ever wanted to smack your kids for that txtmsg they just send you, or better even your 70years old mother who just discovered she can be cool as well and send you a message in txtspk?

You now can stop being annoyed and finally understand what they really were trying to tell you, thanks to DTXTR. DTXTR allows you to translate the ‘teen speak’ message in to regular English.

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Originally posted on May 29, 2009 @ 6:26 am

Tweeting too Hard, when Twitter and Facebook fail for self-validation

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One of the great things about Twitter, and since recently Facebook, is the huge amount of self-validation you get from both platforms. As if that alone wasn’t enough yet, you can now get even more validation at Tweeting too Hard.

What is Tweeting too Hard?

There’s always that person at a party that is trying way too hard. Well, Twitter is a party and those people are here, too. Actually, it could be you.

Tweeting Too Hard is the place to submit, vote on, and chuckle self-righteously at tweets that are just too much. Self-importance, pretense, braggadocio—it’s all here and it’s laid bare for the scoffing.

We all know someone who is due for a good-natured tweet-roast. So get to it. Click the big green submit button and make the world a better place.

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Originally posted on June 5, 2009 @ 10:29 am